Septentrional announces a relationship with the term Septentrion, which belongs to the etymology Northern word “”, the cardinal Point.

Located at north; who belongs to the areas of North.

The “septentrional” term is generally opposed to “Méridional”

The terms indicating the areas of the west and the east are respectively " Western " and " Eastern ".

Large Ourse is at the origin of the " term; septentrional" : the Romans called this constellation septem triones i.e. " seven oxen of labor" who always turn around north